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I hate the amount of time it takes to cook and eat things every day. 😆 The microwavable frozen foods section would have been my first choice, there is usually enough selection to find something suitable, but the dollars-per-calorie cost is way too high, on order of $20-$30 per day. This pie is $15 and has enough calories for 2 days and takes zero work. Sugar and fat are already two of the three main ingredients I need. Also protein, but the wheat in the crust has some. Apples are a fruit, they have vitamins and shit. Looks good to me!

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Janx@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Sugar and fat are already two of the three main ingredients I need

I just want to point out that apple pie is a dessert, not a dietary staple. Not shaming you for enjoying an occasional treat, I do more than my share and we definitely need to find things that give us joy in this world… But sugar is not necessary, like at all. It has zero recommended percentage on labels because humans don’t need it for complete nutrition.

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Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
apple crumble or apple oatmeal? an apple oatmeal bowl would take less than ten mins to make, an apple crumble longer but then you …could eat half the pan like you want to. .

you can usually only have have 2/3: convenience, budget, quality. Pick two. A homemade apple oatmeal bowl might hit all three markers though.

what I would do, buy: A container of quick oats, a bag of apples, cinnamon, cane sugar… uh… Yeah. In a microwave bowl pour a tablespoon of sugar (or less or more whatever, its early), a shake of cinnamon, cut an apple (skin on for fiber) in to cubes right in your hand or on a small plate/cutting board, add it to the bowl, place about a cup of the quick oats on top, fill with water (maybe half a cup? maybe 3/4 cup? or read the oat box find out how much ur to use), Stir, then microwave it for like, two mins and eat the shit.

No it wont be fucking rock your socks off, but ita quick easy food that didt cost much.

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DougPiranha42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Sounds like products like huel and soylent are just for you! Would be healthier probably.

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- TauZero@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I’d love these! I’m the target audience but they cost even more per calorie than microwaveable frozen meals do.
  
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  - fireweed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    You seen very focused on the “cost per calorie” measure. Have you never heard the phrase “empty calories”?
    
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    TauZero@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    You misunderstand the idea of cost per calorie. The expectation is that you start with something nutritionally-complete, like these soylents, the frozen rice+vegs+chicken dinners, or even the frozen apple pies (how ever nonconventional these may be), or if that is not possible then a combination of several foods in a ratio that makes them nutritionally complete, and then scale up to hit that 1500cals/day target. A single item or known ratio of items so I don’t have to think about this ever again. If I didn’t care about nutrition I’d just be chugging high fructose corn syrup (<$1/day) which you never saw me say. My daily meal ends up being rice and beans drenched in olive oil with some raw vegetables-of-the-day on the side, since I can’t afford the soylents.
    
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